On March 18, 2008, Gov. Jim Gibbons issued an executive order (EO) which starts off rather badly. It reads, “Whereas, the purpose of the Nevada state government is to provide essential services to its citizens…”
Not. The purpose of the government is to protect our individual rights, not provide “essential services.” And exactly […]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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WRESTLEMANIA XXIV: In case you missed the greatest sports/entertainment spectacular in the world last night, “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair has been forced into retirement after 35 years in the ring, boxer Floyd Mayweather brass-knuckled Big Show, and The Undertaker extended his undefeated streak at Wrestlemania to 16-0 and is the new WWE Heavyweight Champion […]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Without question, if every Americans received a tax bill at the end of the year instead of having a “little” bit deducted from each paycheck, we’d a revolt on our hands that would make the Boston Tea Party look like, well, a tea party.
And that’s apparently the motivation behind a new reform at my least […]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The Sam Adams Alliance - and no, it’s not a beer-drinking club, though everyone I met there seems to favor the brew - hosted a conference this weekend in Chicago for about 50 of the nation’s leading conservative/libertarian bloggers to share information and tips as well as overall “strategery” for the remainder of this presidential […]
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Hooo-wee! Did you get a load of that long-winded, rambling 1,700-word book-to-the-editor rant by Nevada State Board of Education member Barbara Myers published on the Nevada Appeal’s online website Tuesday? Yowza. That mama-jama coulda choked a horse.
In case you missed it - or stopped reading out of sheer boredom after the second […]
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Some folks, understandably, are wondering if I’m really seriously looking at an Independent (like Nevada) race against Democrat Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley…or just yanking her chain. I can tell you this much: In addition to investigating the legal requirements to qualify as a candidate, I’ve also been looking at the numbers - with the […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Ed Vogel of the Las Vegas Review-Journal writes this morning that “Layoffs may be coming to state government.” The economy continues to stumble along and the governor apparently will need to reduce some more of the increase the government received last year. He’s planning to make an announcement next Monday.
But that didn’t stop […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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“Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” explains the group’s website. “Our mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying our first-hand knowledge to issues of American strategy and tactics in Iraq.”
To that […]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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A WAR WITHOUT SACRIFICE: “America is not at war. The Marine Corps is at war. America is at the mall.” - Author unknown
LAWYERIZING WAR
“Before the advent of legal dominance, (military) commanders and political leaders devoted themselves to winning wars. Today they concentrate their efforts on avoiding criminal indictments.”
- Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick
POT […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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According to three California judges, parents “do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children.”
By thus ruling, the judges turned the parents of some 166,000 home-schooled children into criminals with the snap of their fingers and the stroke of a pen. According to these paragons of justice, parents should be forced to send […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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